Chapter IV
IV
Oil Studies
Chiaroscuro, the profile, the red field. Paint as a storied finish of time and passage.
3 studies
Chapter IV
PL-10 · Fig. J
Oil, upward gaze
Oil on canvas
N.1The head thrown back. Mouth open. Light from the left.
N.2Mustache, the red of the lip, the long throat.
N.3Paint left as paint — the storied finish of time and passage.
N.4A study in foreshortening. The chin is a cliff.
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PL-11 · Fig. K
Profile in hood, easel, hat
Oil on canvas, photographed in studio
N.1A man in a brown hood, profile right, hand raised as if in speech.
N.2The painting is still taped to the board. The atelier is the subject.
N.3Hat on the easel mast. Mahlstick. Another easel beyond.
N.4The studio photograph is part of the catalogue — process as plate.
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PL-12 · Fig. L
Profile, black garment, vermillion field
Oil on canvas
N.1Young man in profile, looking left, against a Cherokee-red wall.
N.2Black hooded garment. Hand on a ledge. The field does the work.
N.3A Wright color used as a Renaissance ground.
N.4The ear, the hairline, the quiet mouth — drawing inside the paint.
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